The July 2007 trend estimate for South Australia's retail turnover was $1,385.5m, compared with the Australian total of $19,292.1m. This represents a 0.4% increase in turnover across all retail industries for South Australia from the previous month and a 0.5% increase nationally.

Comparing July 2007 with July 2006, retail turnover (trend) increased by 7.0% for South Australia and 6.7% for Australia.

Over the same period, the two South Australian industry groups with the largest percentage increases in retail turnover (trend) were Household goods, rising by 10.4% (to $201.5m), and Food, rising by 9.2% (to $619.4m). The South Australian industry group which reported the largest decrease in retail turnover (trend) was Recreational goods retailing, down by 10.0% to $36.2m.

NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES
In August 2007, 3,139 new passenger vehicles and 5,058 new vehicles in total (in trend terms) were sold in South Australia. Corresponding sales for Australia were 52,900 and 86,834.